Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)

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Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25)  “Wantili is my place, where I was born. It’s a place where everyone was living- its all of their ngurra (home).It’s the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) of that place. All those claypans, a place where everyone comes together for ceremony and gatherings, all meeting with different families. I went Read more…

Jila (snake, living water) “Snake lives there in the salt and comes from Mandora – inside the salt, and travels underground. Hide him out and goes underneath in the direction of the spring country from Mandora and Bidgydanga, in the direction of the coast. He is underground, same like jila[snake]. You Read more…

Bush Tucker “I like to paint bush foods and flowers but I just started painting my grandfather’s Country, I only saw that place when I was grown up. My mother grew up in Jigalong. I’ve been living there for many years in Warralong. I’ve got my family in Newman, stopping Read more…

Rockhole “This is a rock hole coming- people coming this side and people coming round this side, coming to that water hole. This painting is about every rock hole in Mulialla where I used to work and we would walk and get some water from the rock holes and go Read more…

Rockhole “This is a rock hole coming- people coming this side and people coming round this side, coming to that water hole. This painting is about every rock hole in Mulialla where I used to work and we would walk and get some water from the rock holes and go Read more…

Kunawarritji Rockholes  “These are the rockholes around Kunawarritji. My mum (Dulcie Gibbs Jugarda) painted the same. It’s my father’s country, he was born at Well 33. I’m painting Well 35 – Kinyu, all the way to Well 38 Wajaparni. This is a big place for us. It’s important. I went Read more…

Jila (snake, living water) “Snake lives there in the salt and comes from Mandora – inside the salt, and travels underground. Hide him out and goes underneath in the direction of the spring country from Mandora and Bidgydanga, in the direction of the coast. He is underground, same like jila[snake]. You Read more…

Untitled “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, and [some you] can’t cross, like boundaries. So nowadays you see Read more…

Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25)   “Wantili is my place, where I was born. It’s a place where everyone was living- its all of their ngurra (home).It’s the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) of that place. All those claypans, a place where everyone comes together for ceremony and gatherings, all meeting with different families. I Read more…